Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
| Women's Long jump at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for Athletics | ||||||||||
| Venues | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | |||||||||
| Dates | 6 August (qualification) 7 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 24 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 7.14 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 35 participating athletes and one non starter. 6.75 metres to reach final or best 12.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Heike Drechsler Germany
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| Silver | Inessa Kravets Unified Team
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| Bronze | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States
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Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 7.52 |  Galina Chistyakova
|
Leningrad (URS) | June 11, 1988 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 7.40 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Seoul (KOR) | September 29, 1988 |
Final
| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
|
 Heike Drechsler (GER)
|
7.14 m |
|
 Inessa Kravets (EUN)
|
7.12 m |
|
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
|
7.07 m |
| 4. |  Mirela Dulgheru (ROM)
|
6.71 m |
| 5. | Irina Mushailova (EUN )
|
6.68 m |
| 6. | Sharon Couch (USA)
|
6.66 m |
| 7. | Sheila Echols (USA)
|
6.62 m |
| 8. | Susen Tiedtke (GER)
|
6.60 m |
| 9. |  Flora Hyacinth (ISV)
|
6.52 m |
| 10. |  Agata Karczmarek (POL)
|
6.41 m |
| 11. |  Renata Nielsen (DEN)
|
6.06 m |
| DSQ |  Nijolė Medvedeva (LTU)
|
Qualification
- All athletes ( excluding top six ) promoted one place after drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva
| RANK | GROUP | Athlete | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | A | Heike Drechsler (GER)
|
7.08 m |
| 2. | B | Irina Mushailova (EUN )
|
6.86 m |
| 3. | A | Mirela Dulgheru (ROM)
|
6.83 m |
| 4. | B | Inessa Kravets (EUN)
|
6.79 m |
| 5. | B | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
|
6.75 m |
| 6. | B | Susen Tiedtke (GER)
|
6.74 m |
| 7. | A | Flora Hyacinth (ISV)
|
6.71 m |
| 8. | A | Sharon Couch (USA)
|
6.64 m |
| 9. | B | Renata Nielsen (DEN)
|
6.63 m |
| 10. | B | Sheila Echols (USA)
|
6.55 m |
| 11. | A | Agata Karczmarek (POL)
|
6.55 m |
| 12. | A |  Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT )
|
6.53 m |
| 13. | B |  Ringa Ropa-Junnila (FIN )
|
6.52 m |
| 14. | A |  Yang Juan (CHN)
|
6.49 m |
| 15. | B | Marieta Ilcu (ROM)
|
6.46 m |
| 16. | B | Liu Shuzhen (CHN)
|
6.44 m |
| 17. | B |  Karen Botha (RSA)
|
6.43 m |
| 18. | B |  Antonella Capriotti (ITA)
|
'6.43 m |
| 19. | A | Helga Radtke (GER)
|
6.42 m |
| 20. | B |  Jackie Edwards (BAH)
|
6.40 m |
| 21. | A | Valentina Uccheddu (ITA)
|
6.40 m |
| 22. | A | Tamara Malešev (IOP)
|
6.35 m |
| 23. | B |  Oluyinka Idowu (GBR)
|
6.29 m |
| 24. | A |  Dionne Rose (JAM )
|
6.22 m |
| 25. | A |  Li Yong-Ae (PRK )
|
6.17 m |
| 26. | B | Joanne Wise (GBR)
|
5.87 m |
| 27. | B |  Natalia Toledo (PAR)
|
5.73 m |
| 28. | B |  Sonia Agbessi (BEN )
|
5.63 m |
| 29. | A |  Eunice Barber (SLE)
|
5.55 m |
| — | A | Larisa Bereznaya (EUN )
|
NM |
| — | B | Diane Guthrie-Gresham (JAM)
|
NM |
| — | A |  Rita Ináncsi (HUN)
|
NM |
| — | A | Fiona May (GBR)
|
NM |
| — | B |  Nicole Staines (AUS )
|
NM |
| — | A |  Muyegbe Mubala (ZAI)
|
DNS |
| DISQ | B | Nijole Medvedeva (LTU )
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Note: Guthrie-Gresham, Inancsi and Staines all had three fouls, while both Bereznaya and May had one foul before withdrawing from the rest of the competition due to injury.
See also
- 1990 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Split)
- 1991 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Tokyo)
- 1993 Women's World Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart)
- 1994 Women's European Championships Long Jump (Helsinki)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.